The ICT and Robotics Unit will organize a lecture titled “Touch Sensing and Processing” by Dr-Ing. Roberto Calandra, a research scientist at Meta AI (formerly Facebook AI Research) on October 31, 2022. The lecture will be offered both in-person and online, please refer to the details below.
Lecture abstract:
Touch is a crucial sensor modality in both humans and robots. Recent advances in tactile sensing hardware have resulted — for the first time — in the availability of high-resolution, inexpensive, and reliable tactile sensors. In this talk, I will argue for the importance of creating a new computational field of “Touch processing”. In this talk, I will argue for the importance of creating a new computational field of “Touch processing” dedicated to the processing and understanding of touch, similar to what computer vision is for vision. To start addressing some of these challenges, I will introduce Finally, I will present some applications of touch in robotics and discuss other future applications.
- Lecturer:
Roberto Calandra, Dr-Ing.
Research Scientist, Meta AI (formerly Facebook AI) - Date and Time:
Monday, October 31, 2022
Entrance from 12:30, Event will run 13:00-14:00 - Venue:
In-person: Waseda University, Nishiwaseda Campus, Building 63, Ichizaemon Morimura Memorial Conference Room (Conference Room 03)
Online: Via Youtube (link will be added below closer to the date) - Language:
English - Registration:
Registration is free, but limited to a capacity of 80 participants
Registration available here. - Inquiries:
Please send any inquiries to Professor Tetsuya Ogata, Faculty of Science and Engineering at the following email: ogata[at]waseda.jp
The lecture will be broadcasted live on Youtube, and can be accessed at the following link:
https://youtu.be/KnokqSLcAso
This event is organized by Waseda University’s Frontier of Embodiment Informatics: ICT and Robotics Unit, and is supported by the Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics, and the Future Robotics Organization.
